The left-hander hit a memorable double-start nine-darter on his way to the partypoker.com World Grand Prix last week, and followed up June's Gibraltar Darts Trophy triumph with a second ranking win of the year.
In doing so, Wade consolidated his position as sixth in the PDC Order of Merit ahead of Gary Anderson - who he came from 4-2 down against to claim a semi-final win on Saturday - as well as closing the gap on Peter Wright and Simon Whitlock above him in the world rankings with £10,000 prize money.
Wade kicked off his day with a whitewash of German youngster Max Hopp, and then saw off Gerwyn Price, Wes Newton and Jelle Klaasen to reach the quarter-finals, where he edged out Robert Thornton 6-5 in a game of the highest quality.
Wade again showed his battling spirit in the semis as he overcame Anderson 6-4, before repeating his comeback in the decider against Huybrechts.
After the left-hander took out 84 to win the opening leg, the Belgian landed a 180 as he levelled before finishing 170 to break and move 2-1 up.
Huybrechts then extended his lead to 3-1 after Wade missed his chance to level in leg four, with the pair trading 180s as they shared the next two legs before Wade finished 101 to pull back to 4-3.
Huybrechts posted double 18 to complete a 13-darter as he took a 5-3 lead, but Wade hit back in 14 darts and then won leg ten - as the Belgian missed his chance to claim victory - to send the game into a decider.
Wade, with the advantage of throw, scored 100, 180 and 140 to be first to a finish, and hit double six to seal the victory.
Huybrechts was left to settle for the £5,000 runner-up prize as he won through to his first ranking final for almost 12 months, since he claimed the Dutch Darts Masters title at the end of October 2013.
The Belgian followed up a first round defeat of James Richardson with a narrow 6-5 defeat of Austria's Mensur Suljovic, and after seeing off Hong Kong's Scott Mackenzie was then taken all the way by Ronnie Baxter in the last 16.
He then enjoyed back-to-back 6-3 victories over Steve Beaton and World Champion Michael van Gerwen as he reached the final, but agonisingly missed out on the title.
World Grand Prix winner van Gerwen overcame Jamie Bain, Nigel Heydon, Royden Lam, Stephen Bunting, and Benito van de Pas as he reached the last four on the day.
He was joined in the semi-finals by Gary Anderson, whose bid for a seventh ranking victory of the year had seen him defeat Chris Aubrey, Matt Padgett, Raymond van Barneveld, Jay Foreman and Darren Webster - with a ten-minute whitewash - before he lost out to Wade.
Dutch youngster van de Pas continued his emergence on the PDC circuit with his run to the last eight, alongside Thornton, Beaton and Webster, while Lakeside Champion Bunting was joined in the last 16 by by Dutch duo Vincent van der Voort and Jelle Klaasen.
Sunday will see a second Players Championship take place at the K2 Centre in Crawley, in the final ranking event before the top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit qualify for The Unibet Masters, which will be held at Edinburgh's Royal Highland Centre on November 1-2.
Sunday's tournament also completes the penultimate PDC ProTour weekend of the year, with only the double-header in Coventry on November 22-23 to follow before the fields for the Cash Converters Players Championship Finals and William Hill World Darts Championship are finalised.
The double-header of £50,000 Players Championships are also the last events to be held ahead of next weekend's European Championship, which will be held from October 24-26 at the RWE Sporthalle, Muelheim, and shown live on ITV4.
Players Championship 17
K2 Centre, Crawley, Saturday October 18 2014
First Round
Gary Anderson (1) 6-2 Chris Aubrey
Matt Padgett 6-2 Ross Twell
Raymond van Barneveld (32) 6-4 Rowby-John Rodriguez
Daryl Gurney 6-4 Kevin Thomas
Steve West 6-5 Jamie Caven (16)
John Part 6-0 Ryan Harrington
Brett Claydon 6-5 Terry Jenkins (17)
Jay Foreman 6-4 John Bowles
Mervyn King (8) 6-5 Jason Lovett
Peter Hudson 6-5 Adrian Gray
Kevin McDine 6-5 Andrew Gilding (25)
Mickey Mansell 6-2 Dave Bird
Justin Pipe (9) 6-3 Joe Murnan
Steve Grubb 6-5 Connie Finnan
Darren Webster (24) 6-4 Dave Ladley
Pete Dyos 6-1 Colin Osborne
Michael Smith (5) 6-3 Josh Payne
Stuart Kellett 6-1 Mark Forman
Jelle Klaasen (28) 6-4 Steve Hine
Steve Douglas 6-5 Darren Johnson
James Wade (12) 6-0 Max Hopp
Gerwyn Price 6-2 Adam Hunt
Wes Newton (21) 6-2 Mark Dudbridge
Terry Temple 6-0 Aden Kirk
Robert Thornton (4) 6-3 Antonio Alcinas
Ronny Huybrechts 6-2 Gary Stone
Jamie Lewis (29) 6-5 Keegan Brown
Johnny Haines 6-5 Ben Ward
Vincent van der Voort (13) 6-2 Magnus Caris
Joe Lacey 6-5 Gino Vos
Matt Clark 6-2 Dean Winstanley (20)
Stuart White 6-5 Kevin Dowling
Michael van Gerwen (2) 6-4 Jamie Bain
Nigel Heydon 6-0 Ryan De Vreede
Paul Nicholson (31) 6-4 Ricky Evans
Ting Chi Royden Lam 6-1 Arron Monk
Dave Chisnall (15) 6-2 Marc Dewsbury
Joe Cullen 6-1 Christian Kist
Stephen Bunting (18) 6-3 James Hubbard
Ian Moss 6-3 John Henderson
Peter Wright (7) 6-5 Ron Meulenkamp
Jeff Batham 6-4 Joey Ten Berge
Andy Smith (26) 6-4 Mark Walsh
Benito van de Pas 6-4 Mick Todd
Andy Parsons 6-1 Ian White (10)
Campbell Jackson 6-1 Jamie Robinson
Kevin Painter (23) 6-2 Jyhan Artut
Ross Smith 6-4 William O'Connor
Kim Huybrechts (6) 6-3 James Richardson
Mensur Suljovic 6-5 Kurt Parry
Richie Burnett (27) 6-0 Mareno Michels
Scott Mackenzie 6-5 Matthew Edgar
Simon Whitlock (11) 6-4 Andy Jenkins
Tony Newell 6-3 Dan Russell
Ronnie Baxter (22) 6-3 Conan Whitehead
Paul Amos 6-5 Zoran Lerchbacher
Brendan Dolan (3) 6-4 Wayne Jones
Brian Woods 6-3 Colin Lloyd
Jim Walker 6-5 Mark Webster (30)
Dennis Smith 6-4 Michael Barnard
Steve Beaton (14) 6-0 Dimitri Van Den Bergh
Steve Brown 6-5 Denis Ovens
David Pallett 6-5 Andy Hamilton (19)
Kyle Anderson 6-3 Jerry Hendriks
Second Round
Gary Anderson 6-1 Matt Padgett
Raymond van Barneveld 6-0 Daryl Gurney
Steve West 6-3 John Part
Jay Foreman 6-2 Brett Claydon
Peter Hudson 6-5 Mervyn King
Kevin McDine 6-1 Mickey Mansell
Justin Pipe 6-0 Steve Grubb
Darren Webster 6-4 Pete Dyos
Michael Smith 6-1 Stuart Kellett
Jelle Klaasen 6-2 Steve Douglas
James Wade 6-4 Gerwyn Price
Wes Newton 6-4 Terry Temple
Robert Thornton 6-4 Ronny Huybrechts
Jamie Lewis 6-3 Johnny Haines
Vincent van der Voort 6-1 Joe Lacey
Matt Clark 6-1 Stuart White
Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Nigel Heydon
Ting Chi Royden Lam 6-5 Paul Nicholson
Dave Chisnall 6-5 Joe Cullen
Stephen Bunting 6-1 Ian Moss
Peter Wright 6-3 Jeff Batham
Benito van de Pas 6-2 Andy Smith
Andy Parsons 6-3 Campbell Jackson
Ross Smith 6-5 Kevin Painter
Kim Huybrechts 6-5 Mensur Suljovic
Scott MacKenzie 6-3 Richie Burnett
Simon Whitlock 6-1 Tony Newell
Ronnie Baxter 6-1 Paul Amos
Brian Woods 6-5 Brendan Dolan
Jim Walker 6-2 Dennis Smith
Steve Beaton 6-2 Steve Brown
David Pallett 6-3 Kyle Anderson
Losers £250
Third Round
Gary Anderson 6-3 Raymond van Barneveld
Jay Foreman 6-0 Steve West
Kevin McDine 6-3 Peter Hudson
Darren Webster 6-5 Justin Pipe
Jelle Klaasen 6-3 Michael Smith
James Wade 6-2 Wes Newton
Robert Thornton 6-2 Jamie Lewis
Vincent van der Voort 6-4 Matt Clark
Michael van Gerwen 6-3 Ting Chi Royden Lam
Stephen Bunting 6-5 Dave Chisnall
Benito van de Pas 6-3 Peter Wright
Ross Smith 6-3 Andy Parsons
Kim Huybrechts 6-3 Scott MacKenzie
Ronnie Baxter 6-1 Simon Whitlock
Brian Woods 6-3 Jim Walker
Steve Beaton 6-4 David Pallett
Losers £500
Fourth Round
Gary Anderson 6-1 Jay Foreman
Darren Webster 6-2 Kevin McDine
James Wade 6-2 Jelle Klaasen
Robert Thornton 6-4 Vincent van der Voort
Michael van Gerwen 6-1 Stephen Bunting
Benito van de Pas 6-2 Ross Smith
Kim Huybrechts 6-5 Ronnie Baxter
Steve Beaton 6-3 Brian Woods
Losers £1,000
Quarter-Finals
Gary Anderson 6-0 Darren Webster
James Wade 6-5 Robert Thornton
Michael van Gerwen 6-4 Benito van de Pas
Kim Huybrechts 6-3 Steve Beaton
Losers £1,500
Semi-Finals
James Wade 6-4 Gary Anderson
Kim Huybrechts 6-3 Michael van Gerwen
Losers £2,500
Final
James Wade 6-5 Kim Huybrechts
Winner £10,000
Runner-Up £5,000
Final Match Stats
| James Wade | 6-5 | Kim Huybrechts |
| 23 | 100+ | 11 |
| 6 | 140+ | 5 |
| 0 | 170+ | 1 |
| 2 | 180 | 2 |
| 95.02 | Average | 94.67 |
| 101 | High Finish | 170 |
| 1 | Breaks of Throw | 1 |